u.s. elections? >> certainly the president as both he and president putin said discussed election meddling. i think we've made very clear what our position is. >> but did the president of the united states tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? >> the president has made clear to vladimir putin that he should stay out of u.s. elections. sorry, i'm going to keep moving. april, go ahead. >> was there a recording made -- >> i'll take a couple last questions. >> was there a recording made of their one-on-one meeting that exists? >> i'm not aware of one. >> since you keep saying that the president is very concerned about the election process, you talk about what he's doing. you did not mention voter suppression. voter suppression has been an issue for decades, particularly

u.s. elections u.s. republican senator john mccain called the joint press conference in the house think one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. democrats was similarly thunderstruck mean heart tired history of our country americans have never seen a president of united states support an adversary the way president trump ordered president putin. the president of the united states to side with president putin against american morning force merican defense officials american intelligence agency is thoughtless it's dangerous it's what we've seen in this last week. president trump treat our allies as adversaries and try to treat an adversary as if they were a friend. following criticism the white house announced trump will meet go make his own she's day but with even staunch trump allies shocked the u.s. president may have his what cut out for him just with the ten billion political waters back home. so with me tyson buchan from the aspen institute tyson some really very b

u.s. elections. >> i let him know we can't have this, we're not going to have it, and that's the way it's going to be. >> i saw something next to me and i felt pain. i looked and i saw a fin. >> two children are bitten in a possible shark attack at a new york beach. ♪ >>> and more than 140 survivors of sexual abuse by larry nassar unite at the espys and are honored for their courage. >> headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, whether or not president trump accepts u.s. intelligence's conclusions that russia meddled in the 2016 elections depends on when you ask him. the president's answers shift from one day to the next. he told cbs news he laid down the law with regard to russian interference with the u.s. elections and this morning mr. trump was shown intelligence indicating putin personally ordered cyber attacks to sway the election. laura podesta is here in new york with the details. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. yesterday the president again tri

u.s. elections that sparked outrage certainly last friday u.s. prosecutors indicted twelve russian spies by hacking cheering back selection this. menace to president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today there was no collusion at all everybody knows it but that contradicts mounting evidence against russia intelligence community that has confirmed russian intervention you've got the social media companies facebook twitter you tube confirming russian interference you have all of our partner countries for around europe confirming russian intervention. in an interview off to his meeting with trump putin said u.s. politics was to blame it's absolutely no interest i'm not interested in this issue it will interest single bit it's the internal political games of the united states leading to the mission we were talking of games and it was to football that the russian president turned to having trumped the full was in his court which is growing number of critics believe that it is the u.s. president who has dropped the ball. well let'

u.s. election. that's what intel chiefs have told him and he is blaming and abbreviation for he says what a mix-up. >> president trump: in a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be russia. >> i just spoke to an administration official, once everybody got back to the white house yesterday the president gathered staff erd and looked at a transcript. the president apparently realized he misspoke and wanted to make that clarification. >> bill: what are they moving toward now today? >> they're trying to reframe the u.s./russia relationship in 2018 about things other than the u.s. election in 2016. >> there are so many different issues these two presidents addressed. they talked with north korea, iran, israel, syria, ukraine, the middle east, nuclear proliferation. when the media talk about the supreme court they talk about abortion. when they talk about russia they talk about election

u.s. elections. while foreign corporations and foreign nationals are prohibited from spending money in elections, our lack of effective disclosure laws would allow for a interest to set up shell companies, hide their identities, and engage in illegal political spending. we would never know it. quite simply, vladimir putin and his oligarchs can use the exact same tactics american special interest use to spend anonymous money in our elections and secure influence. the criminals have long used shell companies to obscure ownership. as we've learned more and more about russian interference in our own elections, and about the playbook abroad, much thanks to previous subcommittee hearings, we now see how the same devices can be used to hide foreign meddling in our elections. last year at a judiciary committee hearing on russian interference election, ken weinstein, when security advisor to george w. bush, noted, quote, it is critical that we effectively enforce the campaign-finance laws that would prevent th

u.s. elections? >>> the president has made it clear to president putin to stay out of u.s. elections. >> was there a recording of their meeting? does that exist? >> we're doing very well, probably as well as anybody has ever done with russia. and there's been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. >> reporter: of course the question remains whether russia has a recording of that meeting between president trump and president putin, that is is obviously critical because a recording of that conversation would tell us whether president trump told president putin to stop. the state department and the house are not saying exactly whether or not that could actually take place. and one other development worth noting tonight, the white house did not close the door on something very interesting earlier today. this is allowing russia to interrogate former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. that would be an extraordinary step, to see the u.s. turn over a former u.s. ambassador to the russians in exchange for those russians coming to the u.s. and being interrogated b

u.s. elections. >> did he say in helsinki to stay out of u.s. elections? >> certainly, the president as both he and president putin said discussed election meddling. i think we have made clear our position on that front. >> i understand. discussed election meddling. did the president of the united states tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? did that occur? >> the president made clear to vladimir putin that he should stay out of u.s. elections. >> reporter: it seems there may be no way to prove it. >> a recording made of their one on one meeting? >> i'm not aware of one. >> reporter: a week of missteps and walk backs of boasts and bluster. >> doing very well. probably as well as anybody has ever done with russia. and there's been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. >> reporter: now, of course, the question remains whether russia has a recording of the meeting between president putin and trump and whether the u.s. translator could be called to testify on capitol hill, the white house and state department not saying whe

u.s. election. funerals are being held for some of the eight people killed in anti-government protests across southern iraq the protests which have now into the second week are over better access to basic services and jobs. the international monetary fund has warned a trade war would damage the global economy left its global growth outlook out change for this year and next spot cautioned that terrorists are increasing the risk of a financial crisis. that twenty years ago the international criminal court was set up to bring justice for the victims of some of the world's worst atrocities they include war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity but political divisions on the un security council and the use a veto can overshadow the pursuit of justice for the i.c.c. and the gallagher has more from new york. the united nations security council has a great deal of responsibility the people that sit in this room are charged with maintaining peace and security across the world one of the powers the coun

u.s. elections than he does about his elections. he attacked us in 2016, that is why he is trying to attack as the sharon 2018. that is why there are ongoing operations against the u.s. and the american public. anyone who reads there intelligence briefing knows. that is why putin is planning to attack the u.s. 2020 election already. that is why the men and women of this country unanimously and without any regard to party, unanimously understand that this against the united states in 2016. that is why dan coats antennas to the press went today, not six months ago, today, and reaffirmed "our assessment of meddling in the 2016 election and ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine atop theracy" remained u.s. intelligence agency. this is selling down to and discord in america. we should not sugarcoat this. vladimir putin has propped up by a band of oligarchs every bit as fake as he is. his fake democracy will not give fair and equal elections. an eyer putin keeps regret on the press. these are not matters of dispute on one hand and the othe

u.s. election. u.s. intelligence agencies or vladimir putin. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people. but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial. >> president trump apparently trusting the word of vladimir putin over the u.s. intelligence community which concluded in a january 2017 report, quote, we assess russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. over at the justice department, which announced two days ago, the indictment, of course, of 12 russian military intelligence officers for conspireing to interfere in the election. they met for two hours with interpreters present. no other aides, not even secretary of state pompeo. he attested to russia's meddling last year. >> i am confident that the russians meddled in the election as is the entire intelligence community. >> so, not only did president trump disagree with that today suggesting strongly siding with putin because he did

u.s. elections. did the president tell vladimir putin in helsinki to stay out of u.s. elections? the president, they discussed election meddling. we have made it clear what our position is. reporter: did the president of the u.s. tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? sec. sanders: the president has made clear to putin he should stay out of elections. i'm going to take a couple last questions. reporter: was they were a recording made of their one-on-one meeting? sec. sanders: i am not aware of one. reporter: is the president concerned about the election process? you talk about what he is going. you did not mention voter suppression and that has been an issue for decades, particularly in the last few elections. when he was talking about voter fraud he should have been talking about butter suppression as well -- voter suppression as well. we want to do everything we can to detect the -- protect the integrity of our elections and we are going to look at that. the reason i addressed of these issues is because of russian involvement in our election. reporter: i wa

u.s. elections and what will be taken to make sure that doesn't happen again and he was quite soft in his questioning he said you know he asked did you meddle in elections . and said that he did not and he came out afterwards and said i took him for his word that follows a certain pattern that president trump has also domestically when it comes to beleaguered allies allies under attack by allegations we see that right now with jim jordan for example in ohio congressman who is being accused of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse at a university we saw that in the case of roy moore so this follows a pattern that donald trump has been engaged in but i expect him to ask the question but i do not expect him to push it one of the issues as you said tyson where there's a difference between the administration and the u.s. government right there is this just disconnect between the president as government on the unity of nato but also on the question of crimea we do have our correspondent in kiev nick connelly standing by for us and nick a lot of people there of course watching this summit and helsi

u.s. elections? >> certainly the president, as both he and president putin said, discussed election meddling. i think we've made it very clear what our position is on that front. >> not saying they discussed election meddling, but did the president of the united states tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? >> the president has made clear to vladimir putin that he should stay out of u.s. elections. sorry, i'm going to keep moving. april, go ahead. >> was there recordings -- was there a recording made of their one-on-one meeting? >> i'm not aware of one. >> sarah, since you keep saying that the president is very concerned about the election process, can you talk about what he's doing? you did not mention voter suppression in there. voter suppression's been an issue for decades. and particularly in these last few elections. is voter suppression now on the table? when he was talking about voter fraud, people were talking about vote suppression as well. is voter suppression on the ta

u.s. election. the funerals have been held for some of the eight people killed in anti-government protests across southern iraq the demonstrations have now into their second week people are demanding better access to basic services and jobs china says it will help any of its companies affected by trade tensions with the u.s. it says it's confident it can cope with uncertainties in the global economy european leaders of own china the u.s. and russia against a dangerous trade war that israel says it will impose even stricter border measures on any kaga that's destined to go through the. crossing to gaza it sets a bad and only fuel in polls into the area and till sunday food and medicine will need permission to go through the southern crossing last week israel said it would hold exports of. response to what it described as continued aggression from hamas well earlier israeli jets hit what its military says with two hamas posts in northern gaza threatening a fragile cease fire it says the strike was in

u.s. election or occupation of crimea.oisoning of an agent in london. >> at least that's not what he was previewing for us there. let's get the bottom line from cnn senior analyst john avalon and david gregory. great to have both of you. john, we've been talking about it all morning. how do we know what to expect and how will we know what really to count on when they both come out and recount it? in a highly unusual move there is no record keeper in there. there are no top aides in there to witness this. >> what could possibly go wrong for such an unsupervised chat? we'll have to take the president's word for it. that his agenda does not include the tough issues the really contentious things that an american president should be raising with vladimir putin. instead it's the veneer of gee toshio politics as usual. the president of the united states has been known as leader of the free world since the second world war, he's going in abdicating that role and responsibility and seems disinterested in pursuing a freedom agenda o

u.s. election because he thinks that talking about that would put his victory in this election in two question however we can expect him to raise this issues and even he's national security adviser john bolton encourage the u.s. president to confront the russian president on this issue and really what about for vladimir putin we've mentioned that the symbolism the optics of this summit are alone in a sense a victory for vladimir putin and for the kremlin but when it comes to these specific issues like the legend meddling in the u.s. elections what is lot more putin looking for. well the russians have kind of gone into this meeting with low expectations as various politicians have been pointing out some said that this is really just an attempt to restart dialogue to kind of get us russian russian relations out of a dead end those are the statements that we saw running up in the run up to this meeting when it comes to actually kind of making concrete agreements i think it was interesting that mentioned nuclear arms today both sides could be looking to renew a nuclear arms treaty called start in

u.s. election. but president trump is setting the bar low for the summit, although his ambassador has said it's not a summit. he's saying it is, saying he's not going in with high expectations and a source tells cnn there is still no set organized agenda for the talks. we're just hours away from the start of that meeting. one thing the president has publicly promised, that he'll raise the topic of election meddling with putin. but listen to what he told cbs news about the indictments against 12 russians. >> they were doing whatever it was during the obama administration, and i heard that they were trying or people were trying to hack into the rnc too, the republican national committee, but we had much better defenses. i've been told that by a number of people. we had much better defenses, so they couldn't. i think the dnc should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be hacked. i think that getting along with russia is a good thing, but it's possible we won't. i think we're greatly hamp

u.s. election and that donald trump must appreciate that russia is not our ally. bob corker, chairman of the u.s. senate committee on foreign affairs said he was disappointed, that he thinks trump's comments in helsinki made the u.s. look as a pushover and senator mccain went even so far as saying that what we saw in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by the american president in memory. phil: yuri in moscow. what do you make of president putin's denial of any connection to alleged russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election? yuri: from vladimir putin's perspective, there is no contradiction at all. he repeatedly said what donald trump obviously wanted him to say on election meddling. putin assured that russia never had interest in interfering in u.s. domestic policy although he had hoped trump would win the presidency in 2016, because trump has always said he wants to improve u.s.-russian relations. but this meant, mr. putin, that he just had a preferred candidate which didn't necessarily mean state-backed interference and if ple

u.s. elections? >> the president made clear to stay out of u.s. elections. >> was there a recording -- >> a couple last questions. >> there was a recording made of their one-on-one meeting? >> i'm not aware of one. >> did you say the president is concerned about the election process. you talk about -- you did not mention voter suppression. voter suppression has been an issue for decades. particularly in these last few elections. voter suppression on the table. when he talked about voter fraud, people were talking about voter suppression as well. is voter suppression on the table as well? >> we want to do everything within our power to protect the integrity of our elections and we'll look at that on a number of fronts. the reason i addressed that is because of russian involvement in the past. one last question. >> i want to change topic a minute, if i may and go south. >> sure. that would be fine. >> thank you. >> so the incoming president of mexico has made two very bold suggestions. number 1, he looking at giving amnesty to the drug cartels operat

u.s. elections? >> certainly the president as both he and president putin said , discussed election meddling. i think we've made very clear what our position is on that. >> but did the president of the united states tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? >> the president has made clear to vladimir putin that he should stay out out of u.s. elections sorry i'm going to keep moving. april go ahead. >> was there a recording -- >> sorry jim i'll take a couple last questions. >> was there a recording made of one on one meeting? >> i'm not aware of one. >> sarah, would you contend that the president is very concerned about the election process? can you talk about what he's doing? you did not mention voter suppression that's been an issue for decades and particularly in these last few elections, did voter suppression, when he was talking about voter fraud people were talking about voter suppression as well. is voter suppression on the table as well? >> we want to do everything within our

u.s. elections.sians, almost certainly, carefully combing through this indictment and reverse engineering, as they say, to try to figure out how the americans learned all of these specific details. what does it say that the justice department was willing to provide so much specific information? >> well, i think the first thing to point out, anytime the intelligence community makes a decision to release information that could potentially reveal sources and methods, there is an exhaustive process that they go through. there would have been a lot of communication with the justice department to determine whether or not this would have actually hurt the intelligence community's ability to collect additional information. i think in this case, the justice department was able to make a strong case that in order for the american people to really understand in the nature of the offense here, that it was necessary to provide more information to the american people and the intelligence community would have had t

u.s. elections is specifically the two thousand and sixteen presidential election that took the trouble to the white house so those accusations are flying and that is something that will certainly get talked about but you know it's very difficult to know what is being talked about even after they're going to meet for a press conference afterwards and tell us what they've been talking about but they might not tell us the truth quite simply they've met before this is their first summit but at the g twenty meeting in hamburg for example they met and they discussed things there and nobody ever found out what they really told her there wasn't even a proper american russian translator on hand the translator who was on hand was was putin's translator so don't trumpet playing you know a risky game here in the the american diplomatic establishment he's up in arms worried that he's going to have rings run around him but i bloody move hooten so peter we don't know exactly what they will discuss we do know the stakes are very high as both leaders descend on health inky tell us more about what the atmo

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u.s. and russian president promised to improve ties after a long talks in helsinki a pair of discussed election meddling nuclear stocks in the mideast and much much more we'll get details from our correspondents around the world. on little rock thanks so much for your company everyone u.s. president donald trump has held his first ever summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin at talks in the finnish capital helsinki the pair promised to improve relations between their two nations despite a number of thorny issues that includes allegations russia meddled in the twenty sixteen u.s. election although putin denied any russian interference while the pair also discussed nuclear stocks syria and all trump hailed the day's talks as a success and promised war dialogue would follow. this was a very constructive day this was a very constructive few hours that we spent together. it's in the interest of both of our countries to continue our conversation and we have agreed to do so i'm sure we'll be meeting again in the future often. and hopefully we will so every one of the problems that we discus

u.s. elections? is this administration at the highest levels doing enough? >> thanks, anderson. we should be very concerned. when we speak about the timing of this indictment, everyone's focused on the trump/putin meeting, but one interesting aspect is that just hours after the indictment was issued, the head of u.s. intelligence gave a public speech in which he talked about the cyber threat we're facing today. he specifically noted the russians are the most aggressive adversary we face. frighteningly, he used the same words to describe the cyber threat today as the former head of the cia used to describe the terrorist threat before 9/11. he said the system is blinking red. >> michael, i mean, the fact that he's using the exact same terminology, that is not a coincidence. if anything, it's trying to

u.s. elections? >> certainly. the president, as both he and president putin said, discussed election meddling. i think we've made very clear what our position is on that front. >> you said they discussed election meddling. but did the president of the united states tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? did that occur? >> the president has made clear to vladimir putin that he should stay out of u.s. elections. sorry, i'm going to keep moving. april, go ahead. >> was there a -- >> sorry, jim. i'm going to take a couple last questions. >> is there a recording made of their one-on-one meeting? does it exist? >> i'm not aware of one. >> anderson, she is not aware of a recording being made of that one-on-one meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. a recording would go a long way in settling this issue, because the president said, as you were saying at the top of your program, that he did tell vladimir putin that we're not going to have any more meddling in these elections. but of course

u.s. elections. when pushed by u.s. reporters about the 12 russian military intelligence officials indicted in this case, president trump extraordinarily turned on american institutions. the u.s. democratic party and the fbi. while seeming to defend mr. putin. >> he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. but i really do want to see the server. but i have -- i have confidence in both parties. i have great confidence in my intelligence people. but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> now, the golden rule of american politics is that partisan attacks end at the frontiers, and no high official ever sides with a strategic competitor or rival. trump's attack to undermine his own intelligence agencies comes after a week overseas where laid into nato, germany, or in the uk and calling the eu a foe. the setting for this summit, helsinki, has a special history in cold war politics, going back to 1975, and meetings between then s

u.s. election president putin he just said it's not russian but more than a dozen u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have concluded just the opposite leading some members of the president's own political party to rebuke his actions republican senator john mccain called the putin trust press conference disgraceful in a statement he said the damage inflicted by president trumps night even egotism false equivalence and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate many republicans are concerned that trump blamed both countries for the deteriorating u.s. russia relationship ject into giving what they call moral equivalence to a traditional u.s. adversary what many label a propaganda win for putin this was the primary objective of a lot of the putin so permanent instability in american society and political culture so that we're so busy fighting each other we don't have time to take him on as a threat opposition democrats not surprisingly were equally outraged at what the president did. side with our number one enemy who is attacking the united states daily in

u.s. elections.an eye on whether this case somehow merges in the middle with the mueller investigation and whether perhaps it becomes that actual linkage, the collusion between people in the trump campaign and the russians themselves with an effort to use funding or something else to influence an election. it's, i think, premature to go that far. what we have at this part is an effort by an unregistered russian agent to influence foreign policy. >> two unnamed u.s. persons are mentioned throughout this affidavit. will they be named at some point? >> we don't know. it could be that when the u.s. attorney goes back to the grand jury, because i think it's likely that we won't see this proceed too far on a kplancompl. there will be an indictment substituted at some point in the near future. it could include other people. it could include torshin. it could name these two u.s. americans who could have some culpability depending on what they knew. perhaps their cooperatorcooperal have to see what the grand

u.s. elections.ut to the president's critics, a hollow defense. >> it sure looked like he was saying no, and it took him a while to respond back. the problem is that's consistent with what he's been saying, you know, again and again and again, that he mistrusts our intelligence services and believes the word of putin. >> reporter: and, yasmin, the press secretary says she's not aware of any recording of that one-on-one meeting between presidents trump and putin. so that means the only other american representative in that room who knows exactly what was said besides the president is the u.s. interpreter. it is why some democrats in congress now say they want to hear from her, but it is not clear yet if the white house will let that happen. yasmin, back to you. >> thank you to hallie jackson for that report. >>> and as hallie mention, the uproar over president trump's one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin is putting the spotlight on the translator who was in that room. democratic senator jean shaheen

u.s. election president putin he just said it's not russian but more than a dozen u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have concluded just the opposite leading some members of the president's own political party to rebuke his actions republican senator john mccain called the putin trust press conference disgraceful in a statement he said the damage inflicted by president trumps naive in egotism false equivalence and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate many republicans are concerned that trump blamed both countries for the deteriorating u.s. russia relationship ject into giving what they call moral equivalence to a traditional u.s. adversary what many label a propaganda win for putin this was the primary objective of a lot of the putin so permanent instability in american society and political culture so that we're so busy fighting each other we don't have time to take him on as a threat opposition democrats not surprisingly were equally outraged at what the president did. side with our number one enemy who is attacking the united states daily in a

u.s. election but to no effect he also says he misspoke when he said he sold no reason why russia would interfere but he meant to say the opposite will bring a reaction from washington. and also on the program remembering a political icon in his highest profile speech since leaving the white house a former u.s. president barack obama delivers a tribute to the late south african president nelson mandela the eighth of what wouldn't be his one hundredth birthday. until gail welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has made down about face on remarks he made that a summit with russia's vladimir putin speaking at a cabinet meeting he now says except russia did meddle in the u.s. election he went on to say that he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere i accept our intelligence communities conclusion that russia's meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election took place pretty of the people also. a lot of people out there there was no pollution at all. clear on that there was no collusion let's get more from d.w. so washington bureau chief an example of n

u.s. elections and alexander i want to come to you now because just on friday the u.s. indicted twelve russians on charges of hacking those elections how much pressure is trump under to really confront this issue. well he's. a lot of pressure on the russian expert russian experts but also lawmakers. in the democratic party but also among the republicans expect the president to be tough on russia on this issue expect. to confront the russian president and russia meddling in the u.s. election particularly as you mentioned to twelve russian military intelligence officers were indicted last week something. that the president was made aware of. these this and the whole were over we have to say so far presidents trump has been quite relaxed confronting. on this topic he says of course everyone expects him to talk about what's. in he's meeting with putin so he will do. whatever he would put to. these officers these agents he said oh i didn't even think about it or maybe i do so it seems it's still a very difficult issue for donald trump to talk about with. putin if he does thou

u.s. election president putin he just said it's not russian but more than a dozen u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have concluded just the opposite leading some members of the president's own political party to rebuke his actions republican senator john mccain called the putin trust press conference disgraceful in a statement he said the damage inflicted by president trumps night even egotism false equivalence and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate many republicans are concerned that trump blamed both countries for the deteriorating u.s. russia relationship ject into giving what they call moral equivalence to a traditional u.s. adversary what many label a propaganda win for putin this was the primary objective of a lot of the putin was to sow permanent instability in american society and political culture so that we're so busy fighting each other we don't have time to take him on the threat opposition democrats not surprisingly were equally outraged at what the president did. side with our number one enemy who is attacking the united states d

u.s. election -- meddling in the u.s. election. >> do you hold him responsible. >> i would. he's in charge of the country. so certainly as the leader of a country you would have to hold him responsible, yes. >> reporter: this morning, president trump tweeted the russia summit was a success and called the media the real enemy of to people. he also announced he wants a second meeting the putin. the details on the one on one meeting haven't been made public. e ierpreter in the room tona find out what was said. wednesday, the white house confirmed one of the topics discussed was an idea to let russia interrogate a former ambassador in exchange for the u.s. talking to 12 russian officers. >> there was conversation about it. >> but there wasn't a commitment made on behalf of the united states. >> reporter: there has been almost universal opposition to turning over an american citizen for russia to interrogate. >> there's no way you would turn over a diplomat. they were acting in their official duties. >> reporter: a spokeswoman called the idea absolutely absurd. angelica alvarez,

u.s. election the russians also want to question former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul it wasn't until thursday four days after putin raised the proposal with trump the president weighed in through his press secretary who stated president trump disagrees with it the resolutions agreed to on thursday the u.s. senate passed a unanimous resolution to protect any diplomat from extradition meantime further proof trump is acting unilaterally his top intelligence chief caught by surprise by a white house invitation lattimer putin is coming to the white house in the fall. see what we can i. know you are right imprudent coming here yeah. ok matt i think. the colts reaction is further proof the white house is still reeling from donald trump's public relations disaster in finland and is working to repair the damage caused by trump at the helsinki summit can really help at al-jazeera the white house their opinion has expressed concern about a new israeli law that defines the country as the nation state of the jewish people it makes hebrew the sol

u.s. elections.kellogg has now from moscow. >> russian vips would like to be thinking of nothing more than the world cup finals on sunday night. here in russia. but instead, they are processing the incredibly embarrassing indictment on friday of 12 military intelligence officers for hacking and meddling in the u.s. elections. the last hacking indictment in february were 13 relative unknown except for one wealthy businessman with ties to president vladimir putin. until now, has been easy for the kremlin to say that if any russians hacked into democratic or tried to influence the u.s. elections, they did so on their own. that will be much harder with a group of military intelligence officers. the next question, could military intelligence have done this on their own without vladimir putin approval? analysis book to moscow said he does not think so. it is too big and matter. >> putin knows about everything in the smallest details. but, in the field of national defense and national security the major iss